EP2336754A4 - Equipment for inspecting explosives and/or iilicit drugs, antenna coil and method for inspecting explosives and/or iilicit drugs - Google Patents

Equipment for inspecting explosives and/or iilicit drugs, antenna coil and method for inspecting explosives and/or iilicit drugs

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EP2336754A4
EP2336754A4 EP09819142A EP09819142A EP2336754A4 EP 2336754 A4 EP2336754 A4 EP 2336754A4 EP 09819142 A EP09819142 A EP 09819142A EP 09819142 A EP09819142 A EP 09819142A EP 2336754 A4 EP2336754 A4 EP 2336754A4
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Prior art keywords
iilicit
drugs
explosives
inspecting
equipment
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2336754A1 (en
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Hideo Itozaki
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Osaka University NUC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/44—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance using nuclear magnetic resonance [NMR]
    • G01R33/441—Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance [NQR] Spectroscopy and Imaging
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N24/00—Investigating or analyzing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects
    • G01N24/08—Investigating or analyzing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects by using nuclear magnetic resonance
    • G01N24/084—Detection of potentially hazardous samples, e.g. toxic samples, explosives, drugs, firearms, weapons
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/34—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR
    • G01R33/34007—Manufacture of RF coils, e.g. using printed circuit board technology; additional hardware for providing mechanical support to the RF coil assembly or to part thereof, e.g. a support for moving the coil assembly relative to the remainder of the MR system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/34—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR
    • G01R33/341—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR comprising surface coils
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/36—Electrical details, e.g. matching or coupling of the coil to the receiver
    • G01R33/3642—Mutual coupling or decoupling of multiple coils, e.g. decoupling of a receive coil from a transmission coil, or intentional coupling of RF coils, e.g. for RF magnetic field amplification
    • G01R33/3657—Decoupling of multiple RF coils wherein the multiple RF coils do not have the same function in MR, e.g. decoupling of a transmission coil from a receive coil
EP09819142A 2008-10-06 2009-10-02 Equipment for inspecting explosives and/or iilicit drugs, antenna coil and method for inspecting explosives and/or iilicit drugs Ceased EP2336754A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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JP2008259785A JP5288462B2 (en) 2008-10-06 2008-10-06 Explosives, illegal drug inspection device, antenna coil and explosives, illegal drug inspection method
PCT/JP2009/067262 WO2010041607A1 (en) 2008-10-06 2009-10-02 Equipment for inspecting explosives and/or iilicit drugs, antenna coil and method for inspecting explosives and/or iilicit drugs

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EP2336754A1 EP2336754A1 (en) 2011-06-22
EP2336754A4 true EP2336754A4 (en) 2012-09-05

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US (1) US8525515B2 (en)
EP (1) EP2336754A4 (en)
JP (1) JP5288462B2 (en)
CN (1) CN102171555B (en)
AU (1) AU2009301745A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2010041607A1 (en)

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WO1999045408A1 (en) * 1998-03-06 1999-09-10 Btg International Limited Apparatus for and method of nuclear quadrupole resonance testing a sample in the presence of interference
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US20110181281A1 (en) 2011-07-28
CN102171555A (en) 2011-08-31
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JP5288462B2 (en) 2013-09-11
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